Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (the "JCC"), established in 1937,[1] awards the "Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship" for research in the medical and related sciences bearing on cancer.

History

The fund was founded on 11 June 1937 by Starling Winston Childs and Alice S Childs in memory of Julia Coffin Childs. Its funds have been of the order of $3m.[2]

Description

Currently, the Foundation awards 20 to 30 fellowships per year. The fellowship is regarded as one of most prestigious fellowships in US and postdoctoral candidates are awarded with a 3 year support. The researchers and the research labs where the fellows conduct their projects have made major scientific contributions in areas such as the advancement of understanding the human genome, and the application of genetic approaches to understanding pathway regulation and stem cell activation. Nearly two dozen individuals associated with the Fund — as grantees, fellows and advisors — have won Nobel prizes in physiology, medicine and chemistry.

Over the years the Fund has attracted a distinguished scientists for its Board of Scientific Advisers. To date 16 of the former Board members have earned the Nobel Prize.

Members of the board of scientific advisors have included:

Notable fellows have included:[3] The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research is dedicated to providing financial support to offer highly qualified scientists the opportunity to pursue research into the causes and origins of cancer. The goal of the Fund is to provide support to the brightest individual scientists pursuing careers in cancer research while promoting and emphasizing the value and contribution of the individual in keeping with the spirit of the conception of the Fund.

Notable fellows have included:[4]

Other Fellows http://www.jccfund.org/about-fund/fellows?page=1

Notes

  1. ↑ "About the Fund", Yale University (last visited 2009 May 8).
  2. ↑ Yale University (1937). Report of the Treasurer of Yale University, with the Accounts of Its Several Departments.
  3. ↑ See JCC Newsletter, including lists of fellows.
  4. ↑ See JCCNewsletter, including lists of fellows.
  5. ↑ "Jessica Polka - Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund". Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund. Retrieved 2018-08-14.

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